Sewing-machine



Paten'bed July 26, 1881..

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MABOELLUS B. FUQUA, OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

SEWING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,881, dated July 26,1881.

Application filed April 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGELLUS B. FUQUA, a citizen of the United States,resident at Mc- Kinney, in the county of Collin and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Machines; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of the needle in place, and Figs. 2 and 3are detail views of the clamp. I

This invention relates to improvements in devices for adjustingsewing-machineneedles.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, A is the needlebar, preferably notched at a atits lower end.

readily be adjusted by resting the turned-out part f in groove d beforefinally tightening the screw 0. Through eye 9 the thread is guided andalong groove 0 to the needle-eye.

I am aware that a needle having a bent upper end is not new,'and that aclamp is also not new; but, as far as I am aware, they have not beenused together, and such conjuncture demands a special construction andadaptation. Therefore What I claim is- The clamp B, having arms b b, thelatter provided with grooves 01 and e, in combination with the needle E,having its upper end bent at It and g, and the screw 0, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARGELLUS B. FUQUA.

Witnesses:

J. M. PEARSON,

J OHN CHURCH.

